Fairlawn, NJ Weather Warnings

FLOOD WARNING

Warning Issue Date:

933 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2008

PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 330 AM EDT... * AT 932 PM EDT...THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD WAS PUSHING ACROSS NEW JERSEY WITH RAINFALL INTENSITY RAPIDLY DIMINISHING. MANY OF THE SMALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THIS AREA REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND ALTHOUGH THE RAIN IS COMING TO AN END...RUNOFF WILL CAUSE THE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO CONTINUE TO RISE BEFORE CRESTING OVERNIGHT. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4119 7438 4119 7437 4099 7390 4096 7390 4066 7407 4065 7414 4070 7411 4059 7422 4058 7446 4065 7441 4067 7446 4074 7437 4086 7432 4090 7434 4090 7428 4099 7431 4101 7443 4104 7444 4103 7450 4108 7451 $$

FLOOD WARNING

Warning Issue Date:

836 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON, NY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SADDLE RIVER AT LODI * FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON * AT 07PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...5.3 FEET * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 6.7 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW. * AT 7.0 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE LODI BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ON PASSAIC AVENUE. * THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 6.8 FEET ON SEP 2 1927. $$

FLOOD WATCH

Warning Issue Date:

340 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2008

FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN NEW LONDON... SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN... EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NASSAU... NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM... QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS EXPECTED TO TRACK RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST...CROSSING LONG ISLAND THIS EVENING...AND REACHING FAR EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE QUITE POSSIBLE...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ANTICIPATED. HIGHEST AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF NEW YORK CITY...ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STORM. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS HIGHLY URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CONTINUES. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. FLASH FLOODING OFTEN LEADS TO IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS THAT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS PUT THEIR LIVES IN DANGER AND CAN CAUSE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLES DUE TO WATER ENTERING THE ENGINE AND VEHICLE. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$

TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING

Warning Issue Date:

900 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION UPDATED INLAND FLOODING ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE ARE ALSO URGED TO REMAIN INDOORS DURING THE STORM AS THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOOSE SOIL AND THE THREAT OF DOWNED TREES...LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. ...WINDS... AS THE STORM TRACKS FROM THE JERSEY COAST...TO ACROSS LONG ISLAND...AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...OVER THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...AND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN STRONGER RAIN BANDS...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ...INLAND FLOODING... ACROSS THE REGION...RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THUS FAR ARE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. AS HANNA PASSES NEARBY...RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING... RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE RAIN BANDS ARE THE MOST PERSISTENT. SEVERAL OF THE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE EXCEEDED BANKFULL ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RISE THIS EVENING... BEFORE CRESTING OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY FLOODING WHILE DRIVING...TURN AROUND. ...TORNADOES... THE GREATEST THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS EVENING WILL BE OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY AFTER 11 PM. $$